Books about OER
Interactive Open Educational Resources by Call Number: ZA 4228 .S53 2014ISBN: 9781118277454
Collaborative Learning 2. 0 by Call Number: LB 1032 .C563 2012 (oversize)ISBN: 9781466603004
- The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples
Provides both inspiration and guidance for those beginning work on affordable content and evidence of the growth that has occurred in this arena over the last decade. - Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science
by Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Robert Biswas-Diener (eds.). An introduction to Open Education. - Open at the Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education
ed. by Maha Bali, et. al. A starting point towards curating and centering marginal voices and non-dominant epistemic stances in open education.
Other Sources
- Journal of Online Learning and TeachingJOLT is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication to promote multimedia and online resources higher education.
Reports about OER
- The Hewlett Foundation LibrarySeveral reports are available:
Harnessing OER to Drive Systemic Educational Change in Secondary Schooling.
Ruminations on Research on Open Educational Resources.
External Funding and Support
- The William and Flora Hewlett FoundationSearch for grants that may assist in creating an open educational resource.
OER Guidelines
- Guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher educationThese Guidelines outline key issues and make suggestions for integrating OER into higher education.
- A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)The guide is divided into three sections. First section is a summary of key OER issues. The second section is "more comprehensive analysis of these issues, presented in the form of a traditional research paper." The third section " is a set of appendices, containing more detailed information about specific areas of relevance to OER."
Organizations in Support of OER
- Community College Consortium for Open Educational ResourcesCCCOER's mission is to expand access to education by promoting awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER).
- OER CongressThe World OER Congress 2012, organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO with the generous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, brought together over 400 delegates including representatives of Government, educators, NGOs, OER experts, and universities.
- Open Education Group"The Open Education Group is an interdisciplinary research group that (1) conducts original, rigorous empirical research on the impact of OER adoption on a range of educational outcomes and (2) designs and shares methodological and conceptual frameworks for studying the impact of OER adoption."
- Open Educational Resources - UNESCORead more about international movement for OER materials.
- SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources CoalitionA promoter of open scholarly resources for education.